1962 Turbo Convertible Corviar Monza Spyder similar to 1963:
The car is amazing. No rust... NO rust, NO RUST. The paint is laquer and *Might* just be orignal. The car is NUMBERS MATCHING: orig engine, trans, turbo, carb...
Equiped with Black paint, White convertible top, black interior. Decoding the car I found out that it is VERY EARLY and just MIGHT be one of the oldest spyders in the WORLD. I sure cannot find mention of an older one...please read my communications (below) for corroboration. Decoding turned up some odd options besides the extreme early build date:
tint windows, interior used to be gold, a very rare combination (one year only). The build date combined with the odd options combine to make this one special collector car. I have maintained the car, not modified it - in fact the car is in such good shape, I will let the pictures speak for it; however please ask me any questions you desire and I will answer. If you want a specific picture, I will take the picture and post it online for you.

I had the turbo and side-draft carb professionally rebuilt at Larry's Corvair. The total cost for just those two things being rebuilt was over $1000.00 The car is simply amazing. I have the orignal parts for it, such as the steering wheel and radio. There is a very nice walnut + aluminum steering wheel installed, which compliments the stock brushed aluminum dash, also keeping with the theme are vintage U.S. mags wheels on 4 corners, and a vintage Lyons drag strip licence plate frame (people have offered $50 for the frame alone!)

The below is some communication I had when decoding the car:

Hi Matt
Great car, Are you located in Orange county? I am currently in Central Ca. but lived in Orange county for a few years when I was in college.
…The Black with gold interior is definitely a strange combination that I have never seen before.
Good luck with the car. You should go to the Fanbelt toss at Palm springs this year. Lots of cool Corvair stuff to be found. I will be there this year, maybe I'll see you there.

Hi Matt
Thanks for the info. I'd love to get some pictures of your car if you get the chance. You have a very early Spyder convertible.
I'll decode the bodytag in order:
04C = body built date April, 3rd week 1962
STYLE 62-0967 = 1962 Monza Convertible

Turbo Number 3817254 is definitely a 1962 specific turbo so it is probably the original one from the car. The engine number is also correct for the build date of you car, so it appears to be a all original component numbers matching car. Did you know that most of the components on the car are dated. Thes include the transmission, axle,carbs, distributor and starter. Even the glass is date coded.

I'd love to see pictures of your car, it is one of the earliest I have heard of. I have only seen one older and it was a GM showcar. When you get a chance, could you send some pictures to photo document your car. I'd like photos of the engine compartment, trunk, interior and various photos of the body. Since your car is such an early example, I'd like to see if there are any differences from later Spyder convertibles.

Hi Matt
I'd be happy to help you with identifying aspects on your Spyder. Can you please send me the engine block number located in front of the oil filler neck and the Turbo charger serial number and part number on the turbocharger id tag. I can tell you if these are "number matching" and I'll decode the bodytag stuff in the mean time.

I was referred to you as something as a Corvair Turbo Guru, and in that capacity, it is my hope that you may help me! I have had my 1962 black convertible Spyder for about 15 years now, and have just recently pulled it out of storage to restore it and start using it! I am wondering if it really is what it seems, and I would like to know the infinitesimal details about it!

I have been trying completely as possible; glean all info from the body tags and VIN numbers on my Corviar! Usually web-search savvy, I have been quite stumped!

I have placed images on my web server to aid anybody looking to help me on this one, AND I THANK YOU KINDLY!!!

In 1962 the convertible was
introduced to the model line along with a revolutionary powertrain with a
factory installed exhaust gas driven supercharger. The 'Spyder Turbo' was
born.Car Life magazine tested a pair of Corvairs in its August 1962 issue.
One was a "town or touring" automatic-equipped Monza coupe with the
84-horsepower engine. They recorded a more than modest zero to 60 m.p.h. (96
km/h) time of 21.6 seconds, and a top speed of 90 (145).

The "fun and
games" Spyder coupe was a whole different matter.

Fitted with a
four-speed manual transmission, this 150 horsepower turbocharged Corvair would
sprint to 60 (96) in 10.8 seconds, and reach a top speed of 105 mph (170 km/h).
According to the testers, the turbo completely changed the character of the car,
and "puts this compact into a class by itself."

Corvairs were
manufactured in the model years 1960 through and including 1969. Corvairs came
in the following configurations; 2-door coupe, 4-door sedan (1960-1964 had
posts, 1965-1969 were hardtops), Station wagons (1961-19962), convertibles
(1962-1969), Vans (no side windows, 6 or 8 doors), greenbrier sport wagons
(windows on the side, 6 or 8 doors), pick-ups (side loading ramp and over the
side loading). All Corvairs have six cylinders from the factory. If you've seen
them with 4, 8, 12 the General didn't make them that way. Cubic inch
displacements were 140-(1960), 145-(1961-1963), 164-(1964-1969). Carburator
configurations were either 1-(turbo Spyder and Corsa only), 2-(all standard
engines), 4-(140 HP and non-turbo Corsas only). ALL SPYDERS HAVE ONE CARB.
Transmission configurations were 3 speed, 4 speed, and 2 speed powerglide. THERE
WERE NO PUSH BUTTON AUTOMATICS AND NO 5 SPEEDS. A total of 1.7 million Corvairs
were produced in the 10 years of production.

From an engineering
standpoint, there were a lot of obstacles to overcome. Weight distribution being
of a primary concern. The solution - an extensive use of aluminum in the power
train induced more challenges. In October 1959, amidst grand media fanfare
Chevrolet introduced the Corvair. The Corvair production carried on till May of
1969.~~They may be unsafe at some speed; I've only been to 170
mph.-Tom Keosababian, Bonneville speed record holder